I use old one quart oil cartons they last forever it takes some good hot water and soup to clean them out good but I have never had one bust. And I fill them with salt water and freeze them that way they are super cold and they seem to keep colder longer with the salt water. The only down side is if you need the water to drink after it thaws you can't do that but I never really care I usually bring a old igloo half gallon water jug which is usually more than enough water for any given day.

Red neck engineering- If ya can't fix it with duck tape, bailing wire, zip ties, and JB weld well than it can't be fixed.

If it moves and it aint suppose to duck tape it. If doesn't move and its suppose to put WD-40 on it.

Plus the one quart containers are a convenient size you can fill a big cooler with a couple or if have a small lunch box cooler you can put one it and it will keep it cold. I always keep the extra space in my freezer full of them helps saves electricity that way once they are all frozen the freezer barely has to kick on at all to keep cold. When I need the space for food/meat I just take some out and set them to the side or on top in a old milk crate. I have even thrown them in my livewell cooler for when its really hot to help keep the fish/bait alive.

Red neck engineering- If ya can't fix it with duck tape, bailing wire, zip ties, and JB weld well than it can't be fixed.

If it moves and it aint suppose to duck tape it. If doesn't move and its suppose to put WD-40 on it.

bayouboy wrote:I've been rinsing our empty half gallon milk cartons, filling them w/ water and freezing them in order to have blocks of ice to supplement w/ the normal ice.

Good idea. We've done the same thing, we quale hunt west Tex. and keep em handy if a dog over heats along with sum gator aid. They mite come in handy, imagine teal season is pretty warm in ur area as it is mine.

THE PRIDE OF HASKELL COUNTY OKLA.unknown in other parts of the world"FLY YOU LEAD CARRIN BASTARD" ( My dad, 1919/1997)

Yeah early teal it can still be kind of warm especially with waders on and the mosquitos are terrible I usually see more wood ducks than teal and almost shoot them on accident so I usually don't really hunt it lol. I don't hunt with a dog so I don't have the over heating dog problem but that is another great use for them. A lot of times when i go fishing we bring some bottles of water and freeze quiet a few before hand they help keep the cooler cold and once they melt you have ice cold drinking water I'm sure pleanty of others do this but figure I would post it for those that don't.

Red neck engineering- If ya can't fix it with duck tape, bailing wire, zip ties, and JB weld well than it can't be fixed.

If it moves and it aint suppose to duck tape it. If doesn't move and its suppose to put WD-40 on it.

bayouboy wrote:I've been rinsing our empty half gallon milk cartons, filling them w/ water and freezing them in order to have blocks of ice to supplement w/ the normal ice.

Good idea. We've done the same thing, we quale hunt west Tex. and keep em handy if a dog over heats along with sum gator aid. They mite come in handy, imagine teal season is pretty warm in ur area as it is mine.

It is. We also have a houseboat where we hunt so when we make a trip, we need ice for our food and ducks we bag.

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I have been using 20 oz soda bottles and 1/2 gallon milk jugs in coolers for years,also in my igloo water cooler,(6gallon),to keep things cold all day! You have to leave the water level a bit lower in the jugs so when it freezes it has room for expansion but these bottles can last years!

Have any of you guys tried dry ice. Tried it once. In a big a ss igloo we put a 10x10x about 3/4 block of dry ice, then a layer of wet ice, then our food and drinks, then toped off with a layer of wet ice. Got up the first mournin to fix breakfast for everybody and the thing had frozen solid, I mean a solid block of ice.

THE PRIDE OF HASKELL COUNTY OKLA.unknown in other parts of the world"FLY YOU LEAD CARRIN BASTARD" ( My dad, 1919/1997)

yeah that is why dry ice is used for shipping game from state to state,it is made to freeze everything! Also it is a chemical base and could create issues with contamination to foods not properly packaged!

I thought it was liquide Co2 that had been compressed into a solid. And I thought Co2 was what puts the fizz in your soda popsand aint it a by product of bread baking and beer brewing. I may be wrong though.

THE PRIDE OF HASKELL COUNTY OKLA.unknown in other parts of the world"FLY YOU LEAD CARRIN BASTARD" ( My dad, 1919/1997)

yes you are right about that CO2!I was looking at the gases from it in a confined space! And the acidic levels!Dry ice, sometimes referred to as "Cardice" or as "card ice", is the solid form of carbon dioxide (chemical formula CO2), comprising two oxygen atoms bonded to a single carbon atom. It is colorless, odorless, non-flammable, and slightly acidic. It is used primarily as a cooling agent. Its advantages include lower temperature than that of water ice and not leaving any residue (other than incidental frost from moisture in the atmosphere). It is useful for preserving frozen foods, ice cream, etc., where mechanical cooling is unavailable.

At temperatures below −56.4 °C (−69.5 °F) and pressures below 5.13 atm (the triple point), CO2 changes from a solid to a gas with no intervening liquid form, through a process called sublimation. The opposite process is called deposition, where CO2 changes from the gas to solid phase (dry ice). At atmospheric pressure, sublimation/deposition occurs at −78.5 °C (−109.3 °F).

The density of dry ice varies, but usually ranges between about 1.4 and 1.6 g/cm3 (87–100 lb/ft3). The low temperature and direct sublimation to a gas makes dry ice an effective coolant, since it is colder than water ice and leaves no residue as it changes state. Its enthalpy of sublimation is 571 kJ/kg (25.2 kJ/mol). Dry ice is non-polar, with a dipole moment of zero, so attractive intermolecular van der Waals forces operate. The composition results in low thermal and electrical conductivity.

The extreme cold makes the solid dangerous to handle without protection due to burns caused by freezing (frostbite). While generally nontoxic, the outgassing from it can cause suffocation due to displacement of oxygen in confined locations.

Sorry to go all techno on you! But it leaves a fowl tast on exposed food!